We've seen quite a few tablets running Honeycomb as of late (and I'm sure there are still a lot more to come - after all, CES is only just beginning), but up until now, we haven't had a chance to get a good look at the OS itself. The wait is now over, however - a teaser video for the OS was recently uploaded to YouTube via androiddevelopers, Google's official Android developer account. Google has since made the video private (thus not allowing the general public to view it), but luckily, we managed to grab a backup of it before they did so:

As you can see, Google has completely rethought the Android interface in an effort to make it more tablet-friendly - clearly, Google didn't purchase BumpTop for nothing. One other item of interest here is that the video title clearly calls Honeycomb "Android 3.0." Coupled with the fact that Honeycomb is also explicitly labeled as an OS built "entirely for tablets," this leads us to believe that Android 2.4 will indeed be a mobile edition of the OS.

Andy Rubin said that Honeycomb will be for both phones and tablets. However, out just may be exclusively for tablets upon initial release.

Deon

I think 2.4 will be "Honeycomb" for phones and 3.0 will be "Honeycomb" for Tablets. Similar, but maybe slightly modified interfaces and such, but the back-end would be the same. Who knows, but I have to say, I never really did see the appeal of tablets, between my cell phone, netbook, laptop and even my desktop, why would I need a tablet. But now... Damn that looks slick.

I have planned for galaxy tab by this month end...hope 3.0 will be available for galaxy tab

Simon Belmont

I think mobile handsets will also see a version of Android 3.0. Google just rushed out Android 3.0 for tablets only for now to compete with Apple iPad because it is basically dominating the tablet market right now. I am certain that Google wants to keep a unified version for both platforms. We just need to wait for that unification when Android 3.0 for mobile handsets emerges in the future.

That being said, Android 3.0 looks really nice and well put together. I also believe, on a side note, that Android 2.4 will just be last minute updates and tweaks to Android 2.3 and still fall under the Gingerbread nomenclature, like Android 2.0 and Android 2.1 were under Eclair.

Kevo

I have a samsung galaxy tablet and it's amazing, and it really doesn't lack anything, maybe a few tweeks. It is doing what it is built to do....it's not an apple I pad, but with this honeycomb software....it will surely surpass the apple I poop....